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Park Tool
@parktool.com
Manufacturer of bicycle tools and repair equipment for professional and home mechanics since 1963. Customer service inquiries: http://parktool.com/contact
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Bike mechanics: does the sight of an Urban Arrow, Super 73, or Schwinn Twinn make your back hurt? Check out the Park Tool Adjustable Support Fixture system—now including the new ASF-2 Clamp Adapter Add-On and ASF-3 Pivoting Extension Arm!
New tool day at Park Tool: the updated LRT-1.2 E-Bike Lockring Tool is now 100% compatible with Avinox mid-drive chainring lockrings. Exciting stuff!
New merch available today! Broadcast your trustworthiness with our Trust Me, I'm a Bike Mechanic hat. www.parktool.com/en-us/produc...
If you're going for more of a laid-back vibe, maybe the TSTD-1 is on your wavelength: www.parktool.com/en-us/produc...
Park Tool is pleased to announce the winners of their 2026 Community Tool Grants! Over the past eleven years, Park Tool has donated over $150,000 worth of tools to over 100 different organizations throughout the world. Read about the ten we chose this year:
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Highly recommend Adam Savage’s latest video! He spent years using a bike as his primary transit in NYC and understands the freedom it brings. Nice to see a prominent voice validating that we don't need 4,000lb boxes just to navigate a city.
Some bittersweet news: after 28 years, our Director of Education Calvin Jones has announced his retirement at the end of February. More info on our website:
NEW from Park Tool: PRS-33 FC Fixed-Height Clamp Add-On Kit For those looking to convert their Park Tool PRS-33 or PRS-33.2 to a double-sided stand but don't want to invest in a full add-on kit, This elegantly-named upgrade kit adds a fixed clamp to one side.
Also new today: a slimmed-down version of our tool set for removal and installation of everyone's favorite cranksets to work on: Campagnolo Ultra-Torque and Power Torque.
NEW: The increasing popularity of bicycles with non-standard frame geometry presents a problem for mechanics looking to put these bikes into repair stands. Today, Park Tool presents a solution: The ASF-1 Adjustable Support Fixture.
The ASF-1 replaces the clamp in any Park Tool Professional Repair Stand with a rotating crossbar and two adjustable 12"/30 cm support forks, which can be configured to accommodate a wide variety of bicycles with non-standard frame designs. Learn more at parktool.com/ASF-1
Accept no imitations: the Park Tool PZT-2 is effective, durable, and available at your local bike shop.
🚨Public Service Journalism alert🚨 escapecollective.com/are-those-bi...
The PRS-30 is available as a complete unit with integrated wheels for easy repositioning, or as a standalone upright which can be bolted to a base or directly to the floor. Learn more at parktool.com/PRS-30
Feel free to send any and all such jars to: Calvin Jones c/o Park Tool Company 5115 Hadley Ave St. Paul MN 55113
Every time I go to ask someone a question about bike mechanics the very second I think of one I have to put a dollar in the “I did not check first if Calvin Jones already has a video about that” jar. @parktool.com #cycling
OUT TODAY: Threaded Headset Adjustment and Troubleshooting Sure, they're not the hottest thing out there, but if you ever find yourself working on one of the millions of bikes still on the road with the classic cup-and-cone threaded headset, feel free to give it a watch!
We're putting out a new headset video every other week until we run out of interesting things to say about them. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay up-to-date, and get caught up with the first video in the series, How Headsets Work:
Attention nerds: we have released seven 3D-printable models for mountable tool holders for your storage and organizational convenience! They're available for free, right now, at Park Tool dot com:
These 3D models are available under a @creativecommons.bsky.social BY-NC-SA 4.0 license, so you can modify or share them for any non-commercial purpose you see fit. Have any other tools you'd like to see for round two? Let us know!
NEW TOOL ALERT: say hello to the BMT-1 Tire Bead Breaker! The BMT-1 is designed to quickly and easily unseat virtually any bicycle tire bead with minimal effort, particularly on tight-fitting tubeless systems. Save your thumbs and retain your sanity! Learn more at parktool.com/BMT-1
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🔥 Velorecicla hace historia: primera organización española en ganar el @parktool.com Community Tool Grant 2025. 🏆Recuperan y donan bicis para personas vulnerables y ahora el reconocimiento es internacional. Y estarán en #Ciclosferia2025
Apologies that this one is a little late, but today we are proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Community Tool Grants! Each of the ten grant recipients will receive over $1,800 in Park Tool products to assist in their work in their communities. Read about each winner on our website:
Behold, a beautiful example of the first repair stand model we ever made. If you have one of these, a reminder that you can still get replacement parts:
@parktool.com Thought you might enjoy seeing this. I am 65 this year and purchased this way back when i was 16/17. I had to call a bike store near Chicago, and as it was long distance, you left a message for Mrs. So and So. They called you back. A couple weeks later, the UPS guy delivered it.
New repair help video out today: learn how to route and install your cable-actuated dropper post! We'll walk through the literal ins and outs of internal and external cable routing:
If you're in the US, you have a little under a day and a half to check out our TikTok account. At some point, we set up Calvin on his phone and have not really checked in. It looks like he's posted a fair amount!
Professional mechanics: happy PRS-33.2 Annual Maintenance Day! If there’s a PRS-33.2 or PRS-33 in your shop, January is a good time to take 30 minutes and walk through our yearly maintenance procedures, ensuring your stand is in tip-top shape during busier times.
In the article, you'll find a printable PDF checklist and easy-to-follow steps with pictures. If nothing else, at least pull up the 10-minute video on your phone and follow along. April You will thank January You for being proactive!
Our Christmas gift to you: the fourth annual Park Tool Yule Log. Over the course of 52 minutes, Calvin and Truman prep a @surlybikes.bsky.social Midnight Special frame while the digital fire crackles and pops — the perfect background for your holiday gatherings!
Your official ONE WEEK(ish) notice to submit your applications for our 2025 Community Tool Grant. We are giving away over $16,000 in tools and equipment to community organizations, but you can't be considered if you don't apply! Winners will be announced in late January. More info at the link below!
As promised: we are officially accepting applications for the 2025 Community Tool Grant! Complete information, including criteria, grant contents, and a link to the application form, can be found here:
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As promised: we are officially accepting applications for the 2025 Community Tool Grant! Complete information, including criteria, grant contents, and a link to the application form, can be found here:
NEW: Introducing the JH-4 — a purpose-built holder and organizer for our hydraulic brake bleed kits! Mounts to any flat surface and features purpose-designed holders for our fittings, hoses, syringes, and other accessories, plus a separate drip tray. Available now:
Our personal pick for most underrated tool is the WH-1, but if you need to cut pizza, you could do a lot worse than the PZT-2! There's probably one on the "gifts for cyclists" shelf of your local bike shop right now.
As promised: we are officially accepting applications for the 2025 Community Tool Grant! Complete information, including criteria, grant contents, and a link to the application form, can be found here:
Below is a link to last year's winners — if these stories remind you of similar organizations in your community, let them know about this program and encourage them to apply! We'll be accepting applications through the end of the year, and announcing winners in late January.
New repair help video out today: how to remove stuck seat posts! Watch in amazement as we deploy every tool in our arsenal — pipe wrenches, heat guns, vinegar, feats of strength, and much much more — all in an effort to save a few bike frames. Will we be successful? Only one way to find out!
Here's a Bluesky exclusive heads-up: We'll be opening applications for the 10th(!) annual Park Tool Community Tool Grant next week. If that sounds interesting to you, you can learn more, and read about past recipients, on our website: www.parktool.com/en-us/form/c...
24 years later, you can still find the continuing work of Calvin and the rest of our tech team on our website or YouTube. And you can always ask tech questions directly via phone, email, or on here!